Jan. 27, 2009
LARAMIE, Wyo. -
Cowboy Joe Club Executive Director Josh Rebholz has announced the 2008-09 recipients of the Cowboy Joe Club Endowed Scholarships. These deserving student-athletes will be recognized at the Air Force men's basketball game on January 27 and the BYU women's basketball game on January 31.
"All of these student-athletes have demonstrated a strong commitment to academics, athletics and community involvement," said Rebholz. "They exemplify the exceptional characteristics that our donors expect from these recipients,"
Donors have established over 35 endowed scholarships in which funds each year are used to support scholarships for UW student-athletes.
The 2008-09 Scholarship recipients are listed below:
NATRONA COUNTY ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - Allie Childers, Women's Track
THE BEBOUT FAMILY ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - Adam Waddell, Men's Basketball
THE RYAN WILLSON "WANT TO" ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - Jesson Salyards, Football
THE DAVID SCHUTT MEMORIAL ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - Wynel Seldon, Football
THE BOB REIMAN ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - Nick Landess, Football
THE ARLOWE AND MARY HULETT FAMILY ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - Aubrey Vandiver, Women's Basketball
THE HOMER A. AND JANET SCOTT ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - Kyle Howard, Football
THE C.T. AND WIMP HEWGLEY MEMORIAL ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - Amanda Lathrop, Soccer
THE JOHN P. ELLBOGEN FAMILY ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - JennaRae Jester, Volleyball and Aimee Stinson, Women's Swimming
THE WANDA L. MORGEN ATHLETICS SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTED - Elisabeth Dissen, Women's Basketball
THE BILL STRANNIGAN ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - Ryan Dermody, Men's Basketball
THE COWBOY ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND - John Fletcher, Football
THE LARRY KORPITZ MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP - Weston Johnson, Football
THE JAMES A. (OL' JIM) AND YVONNE YORK ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - Chris Prosinski, Football
CHARLES W. JEFFREY, M.D. ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS - Emily Higgins, Women's Track; Kaella Hartigan, Women's Swimming; and Zeb Whipp, Football
EPH U. JOHNSON MEMORIAL ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - Gabe Maier, Men's Golf
THE JOHN P. AND HELEN L. ILSLEY MEMORIAL ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - Jake Edmunds, Football
JOHN E. AND NEDA LUERAS MEMORIAL ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - Grace Shearrer, Women's Track
GOLDEN EAGLE CLUB ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - Hillary Carlson, Women's Basketball
THE AMY WROE BECHTEL CROSS COUNTRY / TRACK and FIELD - Brenna Dooley, Women's Track
THE SYLVESTER AND EDNA SIREN MEMORIAL ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - Clayton Kirven, Football
GLENN J. "RED" JACOBY MEMORIAL ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - John Alderson, Men's Track
ELIZABETH R. QUINN and KAY REID DOWLER FAMILY ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - Joe LeBlanc, Wrestling
THE HAROLD H. GARDNER AND MARILYN S. FISKE ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - Randi Richardson, Women's Basketball
THE FRITZ SHURMUR MEMORIAL ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - Cory VomBaur, Wrestling
THE DICK, JEANNE, TY AND ANDY NELSON ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - Nicole Rice, Soccer
McBETH-RUBY WOMEN'S ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - Shaylee Babbitt, Women's Track
THE RENDLE FAMILY ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - Megan McGuffey, Women's Basketball and Chris Sundberg, Football
H. NEALE ROACH ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS - Joe Evers. Football
THE CROSS COUNTRY TEAM AND TRACK TEAM MEMORIAL ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS - Mark Korir, Men's Track and Nikki Peterson, Women's Track
THE ROBERT AND SHIRLEY KELLEY ATHLETICS SCHOLARHIP - Mikala Henzlik, Women's Golf
ALUIA SPRATT ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - Jennifer Schmitz, Women's Track
THE BRUCE AND DEANNA LIEN ENDOWMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AND IN HONOR OF MILWARD AND LORNA SIMPSON ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - Dominique Sisk, Women's Basketball
THE BONNER FAMILY ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - Morgan Johnson, Soccer
THE BOB AND CAROL SHARP ATHLETICS SCHOLARSHIP - Carly Van Hollen, Tennis
MICHAEL R. PHILLIPS MEMORIAL ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP - Casey Ruff, Men's Golf
